Needle-spray and towel-rack.



.1. FLANAGAN. NEEDLE SPRAY AND TOWEL RACK.

APPLICATION HL ED MAY 6. I916.

Patnted July 18, 1916.

MATTHEW J. FLANAGAN, or WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

NEEDLE-SPRAY'AND TOWEL-RACK. V

Application filed May 6, 1916. Serial N 0. 95,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW J. F LANA- can, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNeedle-Sprays and Towel-Racks; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

The invention relates to a combination needle spray and towel rack.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, practicalandcomparatively inexpensive combination needle spray and towel rackadapted to be easily and quickly applied to a wall and connected withthe fixture of a bath tub without necessitating the services of aplumber and which will present an ornamental and attractive appearance.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combination needlespray and towel rack of this character which will not require a rubbercurtain and which will deliver a line spray that will cover the majorportion of the body of a person lying within a bath tub withoutsplashing water exteriorly of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a combination needle sprayand towel rack equipped with a combined towel supporting and spray tubeand provided also with a supplemental rod arranged in rear of the saidtube and adapted to support towels when the spraying device is in use.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of a combination needle sprayand towel rack constructed in. accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 isa reverse plan view of the same partly in section, Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig.

4 is a similar View on the lined-4E of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the combination needle spray and towel rackcomprises in its construction a combined towel holding and spray tube 1,end couplings 2 and 3 and wall brackets 4, each consisting of anattaching plate 5 having perforations 6 for the reception of WSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented .nn is, 1916.

screws or other suitable fastening devices for securingthe bracket to awall and provided also with a central threaded opening 7 for thereception of an inner threaded terminal 8 of a supporting stem or shank9. The supporting stems or shanks 9 of the wall brackets have outerthreaded terminals 10 for engaging the couplings 2 and 3. The coupling 2is approximately L-shaped and is composed of a spherical body portionand tubular arms or coupling portions arranged at right angles to eachother. The other coupling 3 is constructed in a similar manner with theexception that it is also pro vided with a depending tubular arm orcoupling portion 11 to receive an upper or inner threaded portion 13 of.a :nipple 14. The couplings have alined horizontally disposed farms intowhich are screwed the threaded terminals 15 of the combined spray andtowel holding tube 1. The nipple is provided with a wrench receivingflange l6 and it has an outer tapered terminal 17 and is also providedwith grooves 18 forming intervening corrugations and adapted to engagethe interior of negating the nipple with the fixture of a bath tu Thetube 1 is provided with spray or jet perforations 19 arranged in thelower portion of the tube and set at an angle as clearly illustrated inFig. 3 of the drawing so as to direct the water downwardly into the bathtub not shown, so as to discharge the water upon the body of a personlying within the tub without splashing the water from the tub, therebyobviating the necessity of employing rubber curtains for protecting thewalls and floor of a bath room. The tube 1 is adapted to hold towels andit presents the appearance of an ordinary towel rack tube when thesprayois not in use. The device is also equipped with a supplementaltowel supporting rod 20 located in rear of the tube 1 and being of amuch smaller diameter than the tube and having its terminals arranged insockets 21 formed in the sides of the stems or shanks of the wallbrackets. The rod will be concealed by the tube 1 especially when towelsare arranged upon the same so that the fixture will present theappearance of an ordinary towel rack. By locating the perforations atthe bottom and arranging the same at an inclination so that the needlespray will be directed downwardly and outwardly into the rubber tube forconthe tub, towels may be supported upon the rod 20 without becoming wetthrough the use of the needle spray.

What is claimed is 1. A combination needle spray and towel rackcomprising a horizontal tube provided with jet apertures, wall bracketslocated at the ends of the tube and provided with couplings into whichthe said tube is secured, one of the couplings being also provided witha nipple to enable the tube to be connected with the fixture of a bathtub.

2. A combination needle spray and towel rack comprising spaced wallbrackets having threaded shanks, couplings having angularly relatedapproximately horizontally disposed arms, two of the arms being mountedon the said threaded shanks and the other two of the horizontallydisposed arms being arranged opposite each other, one of the couplingsbeing provided with means for enabling the tube to be connected with thefixture oi a bath tub, a combined towel supporting tube and needle sprayprovided with jet apertures and having its terminals screwed into theopposite arms of the couplings.

3. A combination needle spray and towel rack comprising wall bracketshaving prospray mounted in the said opposite jecting stems or shanksprovided with opposite sockets, couplings mounted on the ends of theshanks orstems and having opposite arms, a combined towel supportingtube and arms and provided with jet apertures, an auxiliary towelsupporting rod of less diameter than the tube located in rear of thelatter and mounted in the said sockets and a nipple connected with oneof the couplings.

4:. A combination needle spray and towel rack including spaced wallbrackets provided with outwardly projecting horizontal stems, couplingsmounted on the outer ends of the stems, a combined towel holding tubeand spray supported by the said couplings and provided with jetapertures, a nipple connected with one of the couplings and an auxiliarytowel supporting rod of less diameter than the said tube located in rearof the same so as to be substantially concealed by the said tube, saidrod being supported by the wall bracket.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MATTHEl V J. FLANAGAN.

Witnesses:

CHAs. SCHRAUFF,

SAMUEL L. METRIGK.

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